Strawberries & Cigarettes

Maxence De Shryver

I am lying here on my bed and I can't stop thinking about him..

Brooklyn.. Mother fucking Brooklyn.

I take my dumbbell and try to the a lift.

I need to stay in shape.

I did the lifting fifty times and then I proceed to push ups and then sit ups.

I check my phone and see fifteen missed calls from Ezra and fifty texts from her.

But I just ignore it..

Because I think she's drunk while doing it.

Ezra's got a thing with drunk dialing me when she gets upset or too depressed or she just missed me.

I walk downstairs to find Cain cooking breakfast for us.

Cain is my cousin from my mother's side.

His dad and well my mom are siblings.

I can't help but feel bad for him though.

My uncle left Cain and his brother Christian to live on their own for such a young age.

"Good morning" He smile.

"good morning!" I smile back.

"Sorry I really don't know how to cook" He chuckles.

"Yeah but At least you tried" I laugh.

"Thank you" He chuckles.

"How's Christian??" I ask.

"He's happy with his wife Elizabeth.. They're expecting a new baby boy" He smile.

"really??" I smile.

"Yeah! Elizabeth is now a fashion designer and Christian just graduated from Medicine.. He's finally a doctor!" Cain smile.

"How about you??" I smile.

"I work at a Company owned by the Thompsons.. I heard her son is at your school is it true??" He ask.

"Yeah! It's true" I smile.

"His mom is a blessing bruh like seriously the kindest person you'll ever meet" He smile.

"I'm so happy for all of you! And please tell Christian to come and visit I would like to meet Christian Jr." I chuckle.

"I'll bet he'll look like you!" Cain jokes.

"What? That's insane! Why would the kid look like me" I chuckle.

"Because you look like Christian!" He smile.

"Nah I'm way hotter" I joke.

"It's in the blood dude" Cain laughs.

I don't really get this 'I Look like Christian Bloodrayne' Joke I mean they keep on teasing me that since we were young.

"your mom told me what happened" Cain sigh.

"About what??" I ask.

"You got arrested" He sigh.

"That was nothing" I sigh as I take a bite from the pancake.

"Maxence you're ruining your future.. I mean getting arrested because of illegal drug possession is serious and can hurt your image when you apply to college" Cain sigh.

"I know I'm sorry" I sigh.

"Trust me.. I've been there.. I don't want you to follow my path.. Be like Christian" He smile.